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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "larisa nitskaya" <lsnitskaya2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:51:19 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FROM LARISA

DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA.SOS. NITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS
MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY,THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK
MENATEPSPB IN RUSSIA WHO IS PRESENTLY IN JAIL. I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A
LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND
TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNIONOF RIGHT FORCES,
LED BY BORIS NEMTSOV AND YABLOKO, A LIBERAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY
GREGOR YAVLINSKY) OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN,THEPRESIDENT
THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS.

AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES HERE IN RUSSIA. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO
RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS BEHALF. THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS FORTY six MILLION DOLLARS(USD$46,000,000.00)
AND YOU WILL BE PAID 20% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.AS SOON AS I RECEIVE
YOUR ACCEPTANCE IN MY PRIVATE EMAIL thus:larisa-nitskaya1@excite.com, I WILL
SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS.LARISA.SOS.NITSKAYA.

ANY FURTHER RESPONSE SHOULD GO TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR FUTURE
CORRESPONDENCE.

NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
http://www.yukos.com
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue261041
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky


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